Author: kevinpoireau

This book is simply wonderful. Amélie Boucher explores and dissects several dozen applications, many of which are well-known to the general public and therefore used by us. She analyzes them in depth, so even people who design applications on a daily basis will necessarily learn something from it. This is not my first book on…

Brian Robertson, a former entrepreneur who is now involved with HolacracyOne, is the originator of this book, “Holacracy.” It is a method of corporate governance that goes against the hierarchical system we already know. It starts from the premise that the person at the top is often the most removed from the problems faced at…

In her latest book, “Big Magic,” Elizabeth Gilbert, author of, among other works, “Eat, Pray, Love,” guides us into the depths of her creativity. It’s the kind of creativity that resides deep within you, sometimes elusive, and that may dissipate if not captured in the moment. Most of the time, when an author writes a…

Like many people interested in Facebook, I watched the movie The Social Network. The vision portrayed by David Fincher’s screenplay is a resounding success. Certainly, the image of Mark Zuckerberg is not very glorifying; we see him drawing inspiration from the Winklevoss brothers. However, during that same period, the decisions made by Zuckerberg seemed very…

Peter Thiel needs no introduction; this investor, who was also the co-founder of Paypal, summarizes in this book what he taught at Stanford University. It is, in fact, based on the support of one of his students that this book is written. The first point Peter Thiel teaches us is to have a certain modesty…

Elon Musk is still unknown to France. Yet, his work today designates him as the result of a fusion between Bill Gates and Steve Jobs. Co-founder of Paypal, he then became a key figure at Tesla Motors, SolarCity, Hyperloop, and SpaceX, the company that embodies him according to the author. He also served as a…